Manzoor shines for SCB

Published July 24, 2006

KARACHI, July 23: Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) went down by five wickets to Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in the 5th AKU Sports and Rehabilitation centre cricket tournament on Saturday.

Batting first, GSK made 190 for eight in 25 overs with Fahad Qaiser and Rana Kashif each contributing 46.

SCB, in reply, achieved victory in the 24th over by scoring 191 for five. Manzoor Lodhi struck three sixes and five fours in making 55.

Summarised scores:

GSK 190-8 in 25 overs (Fahad Qaiser 46, Rana Kashif 46; Asad Feroz 2-26, Atif Shah 2-35); SCB 191-5 in 23.4 overs (Manzoor Lodhi 55, Arsalan Rao 37 not out, Aziz-ur-Rehman 30).

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